Ladies, I have just discovered your blog and love it. Have read the ENTIRE ARCHIVES over the New Year and you are both very inspiring. I'm going to start wearing pops of colour! And nicer shoes! Found a red leather belt second-hand yesterday so I could CINCH IT today, but I'm having trouble belting things. I belted my cardigan, but I can't really get behind it. It's very troubling. The damn belt doesn't seem to stay in the same place. But it's a lovely red.

I also love the DC thing. My husband has a huge boy-crush on Daniel Craig (well not really. But yes really) which I mock him muchly for. It's his own fault for watching the swimsuit scene more than twice in my presence and insisting it was because it was so interesting that it was James Bond doing the swimsuit scene and not the lay-dees. Whatever, I said. And mocked. Marianne, have you noticed how the sun shines through his ears in that scene? It's very very very amusing. And once seen cannot be unseen.

Also enjoy the Shobbit jibes. Have disliked him ever since reading this: http://iheartthreadbared.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/picturing-politics-on-pride-in-his-work/ Which is all serious and all, but good.

I have some sartorial questions too. Important ones. Like, what do you wear under dresses when it's hot so your thighs don't chafe? This is a big problem for me. And I live in Sweden, which is not so hot so much. Also, how do I wear lovely lovely shoes when I have such cankly issues and feel sooo self-conscious? There will no doubt be more questions later but I'm starting there. Cheers!

bani says: It's hilarious. I think it played a large part in him wanting to be an extra in Girl With The Dragon Tattoo when it was partly recorded here, leading to himself and the daughters and my sister getting dolled up in 60s gear and freezing their arses off for two days pretending it was summer. Sadly, DC wasn't in the 60s scenes now was he. BUT STILL. There are scenes of DC perusing photographs that have my husband in them. Which is all very meta-something. (Of course, he'll deny all this and say that he's always been interested in Fincher's films. Freezing his backside off for two days for a mediocre end product cured him a bit though.)

You don't get it both ways, bani! But you could also try a split half slip (if you can find one.) Basically little shorts that's also a slip, which is a great idea in theory but nearly impossible to find in a non-dowdy version.

bani says: I know I know. I've seen them in the granny mail order catalogues. In, like, IVORY. Bleugh. I bought a pair of cotton/lycra bike shorts/leggings last summer to wear under skirts. They are quite hideous. On the other hand the summer was so cold it didn't matter. Win?

Ok that guy is pretty much tooooo good looking. Though I will say I love the pic in the fur hat and I'm not sure Daniel Craig would ever work for me even if we were the last two humans tasked with repopulating the earth. :)

I've been in love with David Gandy since forever!!! He has a blog at Vogue. He's pretty cool and the british accent sure doesn't hurt. He's entirely too good looking but then, I have no complaints. Yowza!!

OMG! Just what I like, dark and smouldering... HA! One thing in the photos that bugs me though. Pit hair. I'm weird I know. Men shaving their pits is just WRONG, so I know it should be there, but I don't really want to see it, ya know?? **facepalm** Weird, I know....

Ooh, links.

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